Re: That tab panel off on the side

Hi,

if you resize the tab drawer to the size you always want it to be  
(and put it on the side you want - change the default in  
Preferences>Tabs and Windows) and then select "Save Window Size" from  
the "Window" menu, the (window and) drawer will always appear at that  
size from then on. No need to do it every launch.

Additionally, if you hover your pointer over a tab, the full name and  
link will appear in a bezel display next to that tab. Once the  
display is visible, scrubbing your pointer over the other tabs will  
display the full names and links in a bezel instantly.

The reason why OmniGroup don't add your (and others') request for a  
horizontal tab bar to OmniWeb at the moment is probably because it  
isn't a trivial bit of coding to do. Also, they would need to test  
how to implement it - do they do it in addition to the vertical tabs,  
or by exclusion (i.e. if you show one, do you show the other or hide  
it?). Also, there is a lot of functionality available in the vertical  
thumbs that simply isn't available in horizontal tabs, such as  
copying/cutting and pasting from one window to another or to other  
apps. You can also scroll through the tabs should they go off screen  
with ease using a mouse wheel whereas horizontal tabs are impossible  
to view without clicking something when they go off edge. Should all  
the additional functionality still be retained in the horizontal tabs  
(and if it isn't, then that is bad UI design because it is an  
inconsistency, if it is, then it means having to code their own UI/ 
API in place of simply using Apples own as tabs in OS X can't be  
manipulated in this way...afaik, anyway)?

Perhaps, they'll add it to OmniWeb 6.0, but for now, the costs (in  
time required) of doing it more than likely don't provide them with  
any advantages.

Personally, I think that once you start getting used to using the  
vertical tabs and the other features they provide, you will find  
horizontal ones extremely limiting in comparison.

Cheers,

Jonathan

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On 24 Jan 2007, at 21:21, Doug Lerner wrote:

>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 2:19 AM, Jan Erik Moström wrote:
>> While I can understand that people are used to tabs being  
>> represented in other ways I think that the Safari/Firefox way of  
>> doing it is the "not so good" solution. Open 5-10 tabs and it  
>> becomes unreadable, open 20-30 in OW - no problem.
>
> I think the initial tab view in FireFox is much more readable. In  
> OmniWeb I have to keep on widening the panel from the very first  
> one to see the entire site name.
>
> But my point is - if a percentage of people who are not used to and  
> don't care for OmniWeb's method of doing this (granted those   
> people are more likely not to be the members of this list, or  
> people who have not decided to license it yet - like me) then why  
> not make a preference to let people do it the way they like? What's  
> the harm in letting people have the UI they prefer?
>
> doug
>
>
>
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